Just a note, I do not own any of the characters in the Inuyasha series. This is just stuff that popped in my head one night when I couldn't sleep. I was disappointed at the lack of those "awkward moments" that new couples endure, I remember my first kiss I ended up with a fat lip because we were so nervous we leaned in too fast and missed at the last moment when we closed our eyes. Of course, that was a long time ago. I tried to keep it innocent, but there are some intimate moments, especially in chapter 7. Let me just confess that even though I was alone in the house while writing this, I was still a little embarrassed to be writing some of those moments, so I did my best. Just don't be too critical about them, please! I will try to update when I can, let me know if it is worth continuing or I should just give it up and focus on my real job...

Random thoughts of lead characters:

Miroku- She has returned, let's hope she can once again heal Inuyasha's heart. Her backside is just as lovely as ever...

Sango- Kagome has come back to Inuyasha! She has definetly matured in the last three years, my husband BETTER be able to keep his hands to himself.

Shippo- Kagome's back! At least we won't have to see Inuyasha so pathetic and sad anymore. I hope she brought plenty of candy...

Kaede- The strange child has returned, but as a young woman. Does she still have purpose here, or is this her heart's wish for happiness?

Rin- Kagome? She was always nice to me, and she always had those really good blobs of sugar...

Jaken exclaims "Lord Sesshomaru, it's Kagome!!"

Kagome sees Sesshomaru and Jaken. She can not resist the temptation, and shouts "Brother-in-law!"

Sesshomaru- So the dirty half-breed gets what he wants, isn't it always so? Why am I so forsaken; first by Father leaving his most powerful fang for the whelp, now by the Gods who will not allow me the contentment of a mate but will bring one through the folds of time for him?

The return (a little more detail):

When Kagome thought of being with Inuyasha, she had to go to the well. It wasn't the tree, but it was where she could not just remember him, but hope to one day see him again. What she wouldn't give to see him climb from the well to get her because she had been gone too long. She stared into the well as she had many times in the last three years and wondered what he was doing, and if he was OK. She hated being away from him, even when they were still looking for the jewel shards. At least she knew that the dangers the jewel brought were over, Naraku was defeated, and after the battle it seemed that even though they weren't best friends Inuyasha and Sesshomaru got along enough to not try to kill each other.

Of course she missed the others as well: Miroku and Sango, Shippo, Kaede, Kirara, and wondered how Rin and Kohaku were doing. Miroku and Sango should have children of their own, they were married after Naraku was defeated. Did everyone stay in the village, or did they go back to where they came from? Did Sango and Kohaku rebuild the slayer's village? Did Inuyasha leave the village after she left? He wasn't even able to be with Kikyo, she was laid to rest... again. Hopefully at least Shippo would have stayed with him, but he wanted to learn to be a better Kitsune.

She stared into the dark, dry well and tried to remember every moment she spent with them. She couldn't help to think of all the tender moments she shared with the hanyou, even though they never could seem to tell each other exactly how they felt. She was glad she was able to come back and graduate, she had worked so hard to accomplish this while helping Inuyasha find all the shards of the jewel that she broke. She had made no plans to continue her education or to find work after school was done. She concentrated all the hope her heart could hold to the thought that she would not need to make plans for her future, because she wished her future would lead her to the past.

Mom walked by the well's shed and seen the door open yet again. She was not surprised to see her daughter staring longingly into the Bone Eater's well. She knew Kagome loved Inuyasha, and missed him and the rest of her friends terribly. She entered the shed to comfort her daughter, she should have been so happy today! She was finally done with school, but she had applied for no further education and showed no interest of beginning a career. Mom felt so much pity for her daughter, she, too, had lost the one she loved after all. She asked Kagome what was wrong and found such a heartbreaking expression on the young woman's face. It was worse today than other days.

Kagome only said her name, and a single tear fell into the well. As they both stared into the well, the dirt floor seemed to change to reflect the sky."Mom... I'm..."

"Kagome... If your heart truly wants to be with him, you should not hesitate. You do not want to miss your one chance to be loved and happy. We will miss you, but the sacred tree will not let us forget you. I would rather know you are happy elsewhere, than see the pain in your face if you remain here."

"Mom, I love you! Grandpa and Souta, too! But I really have to go!" And with a jump she was absorbed by a soft, blue light.

Inuyasha was getting annoyed by the twins, but even though he never said it he was glad they weren't afraid of him. They accepted him as he was. Before Kagome had freed him from the tree, he had never known unconditional acceptance since the death of his mother. He had seen his mother's tears because of others not accepting him for what he was, nor did they accept her because she was his mother. Even Kikyo wanted him to change, she would have rather seen him human. No time in his life had he felt he belonged anywhere, until Kagome. He had known pretty much from the time he had first met her that he belonged by her side. For so long he had hid those feelings, even from himself. He knew that he was alone in life and had accepted it, so why was his heart trying to convince him otherwise? The twins were playing with his ears again, something Kagome was fond of as well. He missed her so much, but even though he could not give up the dream of her returning to him, every time he had gone to the well she was not there. Sometimes he would jump in, to see if by chance the well had reopened. He was always dissapointed and walked away with a deep ache in his heart.

As the twins' parents scolded them for bothering him, and he passed them to Shippo so he could take the abuse for a while, a gentle breeze passed him. He picked up a familiar scent, but feared it was just wishful thinking. He had to see for himself, and could barely keep his feet still. He ran to the well as fast as he could, and got there just as the blue light was disappearing. He seen her hand come to the top of the well, and reached in to help her out. He was afraid that as she emerged from the well, she would vanish and he would wake to find it all a dream. She stood on the rim of the well and he held her hand, refusing to let go in case it was actually a dream. Her eyes filled with tears and she said she was sorry. Typical Kagome. "Were you waiting?" He couldn't help but take her into his arms, feeling her warmth and trying to convince himself that she was really here.